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600 FACILITIES, CENTERS, AND RESOURCES

600         FACILITIES

600.15   Facilities Chart

605        RESEARCH CENTERS & PROGRAMS

610        RESOURCES

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600 FACILITIES

    600.1       CLASSIC STUDIO

Located on the 1st floor at 72 E. 11^th Street, the Classic Studio is used primarily by directing students to stage their class projects.  It is a small 60-seat black box theater, providing the following technical support:  a twelve-channel light board, 20 instruments and a cassette player, amplifier and speakers.  The Theater Department uses this space for final presentations each semester.  The Interdisciplinary Arts Department also uses this space for final project presentations.  Inquiries regarding this space may be made to the Theater Department, ext.6105.

600.2       COLLINS HALL

The Collins Theater is a 90-seat screening room located on the 6^th floor of the 624 S. Michigan building.  It offers video projection equipment in a variety of formats as well as 16mm wide screen capability and surround sound.  It may be reserved for screenings at any time classes are not meeting by calling the Office of the Assistant to the Office of the Executive VP, ext. 7211.

600.3 -  CONAWAY CENTER

The Conaway Center is available for a variety of programming needs.  Faculty should tour all the facilities and ask questions of staff before deciding which venue is appropriate for their needs.  To insure that a wide variety of students and groups have access to the center, and that events run smoothly, a set of regulations and guidelines have been compiled to be followed.  Please read them before completing the Facility Request Form, so that you or your organization are prepared to meet the requirements, and the information given makes needs clear.  The Conaway Center is only available for events open to all Columbia College Chicago students, faculty, staff and the Chicago community.  There are no private events scheduled during these times. Your organization is responsible for paying technicians from your budget for after-hours events. 

600.4 -  CONCERT HALL

The Concert Hall is located at 1014 South Michigan Avenue on the 1^st Floor.  Please contact the Music Department at 312.344.6149 for more information.

600.5 -   FACULTY LOUNGE

The Faculty Lounge is located on the 11^th floor of the 624 S. Michigan Campus.  It is adjacent to the Student Lounge, which is equipped with vending machines and a microwave oven.  It can be reserved for committee meetings or other social gatherings.  When planning an activity in the Faculty Lounge, please reserve it in advance through the Assistant to the Office of the Executive VP, ext. 7211.

    600.6       FERGUSON THEATER

The Ferguson Theater is a 170-seat auditorium located on the 1^st floor of the 600 S. Michigan building.  It is equipped with sophisticated sound and projection facilities and a small stage.  It is used for large lecture classes or for classes that have specific sound or projection requirements.  It may be reserved by College faculty for special events, meetings, seminars, lectures, film screenings, etc., at any time classes are not scheduled to meet in the Theater, by calling the Office of the Assistant to the Office of the Executive VP, ext. 7211.        

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600.7       GETZ THEATER

The Getz Theater, located at 62 E. 11^th Street, provides seating for up to 385.  Named after art patrons Emma and Oscar Getz, the building is of art-deco architecture, equipped with a modified thrust stage with a proscenium opening.  The Theater Department uses this space for three main-stage shows per school year:  a play, a musical, and a concert.  Also, some student productions and final presentations are staged here.  The College also uses the space for guest lectures. Inquiries regarding this space may be made to the Office of the Assistant to the Executive VP, ext. 7211.

       

    600.8       HOKIN CENTER and HOKIN ANNEX

The Hokin Student Center and Hokin Annex, located on the ground floor of the 623 S. Wabash Building, were opened in September 1987.  The funds for their construction were donated by Mr. Myron Hokin, a College trustee. Both centers provide a pleasant atmosphere in which students and faculty and relax, meet friends, enjoy exhibits, performances, coffee, and sandwiches.

    The Hokin Center features work of students from all disciplines and in all media (installations, paintings, photographs, drama, music, sculpture, video, and performance art). The Center’s activities are funded through student activity fees.  These activities are initiated and coordinated by students, faculty and the Hokin Director.  The Hokin Center also brings in outside speakers, artists, entertainers, and films for the entertainment and education of students.  Student clubs use the Hokin Center for some of their meetings. Film festivals are also regularly arranged.  The Hokin Center has two galleries that change exhibitions monthly and bi-weekly.  These galleries are solely for student exhibition and class works in progress.

The Hokin Center is also available to the faculty.  It makes available different blends of coffees, fruit juices, pastries, sandwiches and salads for sale.  This facility is open between the hours of 8am – 7pm, Monday through Friday (It closes at 5pm on Fridays.) when classes are in session, and on Saturdays from 9am – 3pm.

600.9       HOKIN HALL

The Hokin Hall is a 100-seat auditorium located on the 1^st floor of the 623 S. Wabash Building. It is equipped with sophisticated sound and projection facilities and a small stage.  It is used for large lecture classes or for classes that have specific sound or projection requirements.  It may be reserved by College faculty for special events, meetings, seminars, lectures, film screenings, etc., at any time classes are not meeting by calling the Office of the Assistant to the Office of the Executive VP, ext. 7211.

600.10   LIBRARY CONFERENCE

The Blum Conference Room is located on the 5^th floor of the Library.  This wood-paneled room with its oversized conference room table, fireplace, and big picture windows overlooking one of Chicago’s beautifully landscaped parks can accommodate a group of twenty, with table seating for fourteen.  The room can be reserved by Columbia faculty, staff and students.  Food and beverages are allowed in the room, but it is requested that someone in your group be responsible for cleaning up.

    600.11     NEW STUDIO

    The New Studio is located in the basement of the 72 E. 11^th Street building.  The Theater Department produces four mainstage productions in this space each year, including two plays, the Theodore Ward Prize winning play, and a musical event.  The faculty uses this space to do directing projects.  Senior directing students stage their final projects in this space.  It is used as a classroom for larger scale music presentations, senior vocal recitals, instrumental demonstrations, and lectures.  This space has flexible seating for 40 to 70 people, and is fully equipped for lighting and sound capabilities. Inquiries regarding this space may be made to the Theater Department, ext. 6105.

600.12   RESIDENCE CENTER LOUNGE

The community lounge is primarily available for students’ recreational use. The lounge is also used for many educational as well as social programs given throughout the year.  Many of Columbia’s school organizations and social clubs use the lounge for campus events.

600.13 -   SCULPTURE GARDEN

The Sculpture Garden is located at the corner of Wabash and 11^th Street.  It has recently been landscaped with trees, lawn, and seasonal flowers to provide a peaceful backdrop for sculpture exhibits that change periodically, under the direction of the faculty in the Art and Design Department.

600.14     STUDENT LOUNGES

The Follett Lounge, also known as the Underground Café, located in the basement of the main Campus, serves a variety of salads, sandwiches, hot meals (including breakfast), beverages and snacks.  A separate “quiet area” provides a place for reading or relaxing between classes. The Follett Lounge is open 8am – 6:30pm during the Fall and Spring semesters, and as posted during breaks and summer.

The 600 S. Michigan Avenue campus has drink and snack machines available at all hours on the 1st and 3^rd floors, as well as in the basement lounge area.  In the 623 S. Wabash Avenue building, there are vending machines for drinks and snacks on the 1^st, 7^th and 9^th floors.  The 9^th floor also has seating.  The 11^th Street campus and the Dance Center have their own student lounges with vending machines and microwave ovens, which are available during regular building hours.  At the 624 S. Michigan Avenue campus there are drink and snack vending machines on the 8^th, 11^th, and 12^th floors.  The 7^th floor has a vending lounge with snacks, drinks, food vending machines, a microwave and seating.

600.15   FACILITIES CHART

(chart to come)

605 RESEARCH CENTERS & PROGRAMS

         605.1  OCAP

In 1997, the idea of an office that would bring together artists, educators, students, and community members to form meaningful, sustainable partnerships in the arts was a vision. Ayear later, that vision became the Office of Community Arts Partnerships (OCAP) at Columbia College Chicago. It had a staff of two, and occupied a pair of rooms tucked away at the end of a seventh-floor hallway. Today, OCAP serves as an international model of what can be achieved through collaboration between schools and communities, with programs touching the lives of thousands of young people and bringing the concepts of community-based learning, arts-integrated curricula, and reciprocal partnerships into the spotlight. It has outgrown its original space many times over, and now occupies a new suite of offices in Columbia College’s 33 E. Congress building, employing a staff of 35 full- and part-time arts professionals and working closely with hundreds of independent artists. Through it all, however, the vision of  partnerships between College and its communities, built on a commitment to reciprocity and sustainability, remains the driving force behind all of OCAP’s program’s and initiatives. For more information call 312.344.8872

605.2     CENTER FOR ARTS POLICY

The Chicago Center for Arts Policy is a "think tank" for arts and cultural issues affiliated with Columbia College Chicago. Through research, communication, and the cultivation of discourse, the Center considers the multiple ways the arts contribute to building a robust democracy and healthy communities, and it advances policies that support these contributions.  The Center was founded in 1996, inspired by Walt Whitman's essay on the role of the arts and creativity in a democracy, "Democratic Vistas."  It sponsors public forums for the Chicago community on cultural policy, and is completing an important research project on the "informal" arts in Chicago. Its Learning and the Arts project focuses on developing policy that supports the role the arts can play in improving education and developmental opportunities for children and youth. For more information call 312.344.7985 

605.3 -  OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS

The Director of the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) is available to meet with faculty to discuss ideas for projects for which outside funding may be desired. An overview of the process by which Columbia College Faculty and Staff can seek funding and other resources can be found on the OSP web pages. The director’s office is located in Room 527 in the 600 S. Michigan Building.

605.4     DANCE CENTER

The Dance Center is home to Chicago's leading presenters of contemporary dance and the area's only academic program offering a B.A or B.F.A in dance. The Dance Center is located at 1306 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago's South Loop.  The Dance Center's staff and faculty include nationally-recognized artists and producers who serve as resources to audiences, students and the Chicago dance community.

605.5     CENTER FOR ASIAN ARTS & MEDIA

The Center for Asian Arts and Media welcomes and supports all people in their enjoyment and appreciation of Asian and Asian American culture.  The Center strives to provide equal access to the arts and media fields through performances of live music, theater and dance, public discussions, lectures, conferences, visual arts exhibitions and non-academic instruction by and about Asians and Asian Americans.  For more information call 312.344.7870 or send email to asianarts@colum.edu .

605.6      INTERNATIONAL LATINO CULTURAL CEN TER

The mission of the International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago (ILCC) is to develop, promote, and increase awareness of Latino cultures among Latinos and other communities through film and video events, education, and other art forms.  In 1987, Chicago Latino Cinema was founded as a nonprofit organization committed to promoting Latino culture and fostering understanding between Latinos and other Americans.  This was achieved primarily through the Chicago Latino Film organization’s multi-arts mission.  Most recognized for the production of the Chicago Latino Film Festival, ILCC has screened more than 900 films and videos, including many award winners that would have otherwise never been shown in Chicago; sponsored workshops and discussions with more than 500 visiting filmmakers; and hosted more than 100 foreign journalists.  The International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago produces various cultural events, including comedy, dance, music, poetry, theater, and visual arts exhibitions.  For more information call 312.344.7317    

605.6 -       CENTER OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY

The center provides leadership in exploring and promoting new technologies that will enhance teaching and learning at Columbia College Chicago.  The Center supports faculty and staff in the creative implementation of technology across the curriculum.  For more information call 312.344.7334

605.7      COMMUNITY MEDIA WORKSHOP

The Community Media Workshop believes that public discussion is fundamental to the health of a democratic government and society, as well as the revitalization of our communities, and that it is essential that voices from all of Chicago’s diverse communities participate fairly and vigorously in the public debate.  The Community Media Workshop strengthens these voices and promotes a broader, more inclusive public dialogue. Since 1989, the Community Media Workshop (CWM) has helped more than 750 nonprofit groups develop communication and media strategies that improve their access to the media and the public and raise awareness about issues they work on.  CWM provides a range of opportunities, including professional media training, free consultation and phone coaching, specialized training and media services, bi-monthly meet-the-press public forums, and Making Media Connections, Chicago’s only annual conference in media relations for area nonprofits.  They also publish Getting on the Air and into Print:  A Citizen’s Guide to Chicago-Area Media, the city’s most comprehensive media directory, now sold annually to more than 1,400 local citizens and agencies. For more information call 312.344.6402

610  RESOURCES

    610.1       ALUMNI RELATIONS

    The Alumni Office is designed to foster a life-long relationship between Columbia alumni and the College.  In alliance with the Columbia College Alumni Association, the mission of this office is to promote the professional, artistic, and social interests of alumni, while also supporting the educational goals of the College.  The Alumni Relations Office also offers alumni access to Columbia’s educational, cultural, and career services.  All faculty are invited to attend alumni activities and to take advantage of the special resources available through this office.

610.2       BOOKSTORE AND TEXTBOOKS

    The Columbia College Bookstore is located on the main floor of the 624 S. Michigan Campus.  The Bookstore is operated by Follett College Stores, a company managing over 400 college bookstores nationwide.

    The Bookstore carries all textbooks ordered for the classes at Columbia.  To order textbooks, you need only return the TEXTBOOK ADOPTION FORM, which is sent to you, or which is available in the Bookstore if you do not receive one.  A prompt return of the form assures that your text will be available in the Bookstore for sale to your students when the term begins.

    The Bookstore caries a full line of school and art supplies as well as clothing and gift items.  Bookstore hours are posted and vary during the semester.

    Due dates for book requisitions:

    Summer Term:       April 15

    Fall Term:   May 15

    Winter Term:         November 15

    Faculty are advised to order at least one library reserve copy of all the books that they use for their courses, so that students will always have access to course texts.

    It is your responsibility to write for faculty desk copies, instructor’s manuals, and other complimentary materials supplied by the publishers.  Publishers will not send these items to the Bookstore.  There are for faculty use only.  Publishers’ addresses and the proper DESK COPY REQUEST FORM will be furnished to you by the Bookstore. The Bookstore will buy back second-hand books (as long as they are still in print), even if those books will no longer be used by instructors and have wholesale value.

    Faculty receive a 10% discount on everything sold at the Bookstore except for sale items.  Please present your faculty ID card when making purchases.

    For further information, call the Bookstore at ext. 7406.

610.3       CENTER FOR BLACK MUSIC RESEARCH

    The Center for Black Music Research documents and preserves information and materials related to the black music experience throughout the world.  Its purpose is to discover, disseminate, preserve, and promote black music in all its forms – from jazz, blues, gospel, and ragtime to opera and concert works.  The Center promotes and advances scholarly knowledge and thought about black music and the black musical experience and about their relationship to higher education and to society at large.  The products of the Center are disseminated to the scholarly community and to the general public through its National and International Conferences on Black Music Research; publications, including two scholarly journals, Black Music Research Journal and Lenox Avenue, the Journal of Interartistic Inquiry, CBMR Digest Newsletter, and special project newsletters, including Kalinda! And Stop-time!; and performances by the Black Music Repertory Ensemble, Ensemble Kalinda Chicago, and Ensemble Stop-Time.  Central to the Center is CBMR Library and Archives, which provides one of the world’s most comprehensive research collections covering all idioms in black music.  In addition, the Center launches special research initiatives, including the Integrative Studies Program, Project Kalinda, and Project Stop-time, and is the host to two successive Rockefeller Foundation Resident Fellows.

610.4       COLLEGE RELATIONS

    The primary function of the College Relations Department is to communicate information about Columbia to the general public through the print and electronic media, both trade and consumer. The Department’s goal is to interpret the College to the public and to inform various constituencies about what makes Columbia newsworthy.  Potential students, donors, and employers, along with current students and alumni, are just a few of the groups that are the focus of departmental activity.  The College Relations Department offers this special publicity service to the entire Columbia community: faculty, students, administrators, alumni, and trustees.  In order to be effective, however, the Department depends upon everyone in the College to share information about events, activities, performances, exhibitions, screenings, lectures, and, of course, the interesting individuals who make up our student body and faculty.  Since media deadlines are often imposed upon such services, the department needs all information intended for publicity as soon as it becomes available, often far in advance of the event.  Also, it is important that all information meant for the media be channeled through the College Relations Department so that Columbia develops a cohesive public image.

610.5       COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO ART GALLERY

    The Columbia College Chicago Art Gallery is located on the 1^st floor of the 11^th Street campus, adjacent to the lobby of the Getz Theater.  The Gallery features the work of noted artists in painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, photography, and other media throughout the school year.  Announcement cards for current exhibitions are placed in faculty mailboxes.

610.6       COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO LIBRARY

    The Library is located on the first five floors of the 624 South Michigan Building.  During the school year when classes are in session, the Library is open 8am – 9:30pm Monday through Thursday, 8am – 6pm Friday, 9am – 5pm Saturday, closed Sunday.  Interim, holiday, and summer session hours are posted in the Library.

    The Library contains print, audiovisual, and electronic resources for use by the Columbia College Chicago community.  These materials are selected to support the educational programs of the College and include:  books, periodicals, microforms, films, videotapes, laserdiscs, sound recordings, scripts, slides, CD-ROMs and computer databases.  ILLINET Online, the statewide, online public access catalog and resource-sharing network, provides bibliographic access to the Columbia collection and to the collections of 45 academic libraries in Illinois.

    Through several cooperative agreements and interlibrary loan services, the Library can provide materials not only from its own collection, but from other libraries and information centers as well.  Reciprocal borrowing agreements with over 50 academic libraries in Illinois will allow Columbia College Chicago faculty, staff, and students to borrow materials remotely or onsite with a current Columbia College Chicago Identification card.  WorldCat and OCLC’s interlibrary loan component allows the Library to locate and borrow materials form libraries throughout the United States and from several foreign countries

    The Library provides a number of special services for instructional support.  Upon faculty request, the Library will: order materials for the collection; set aside circulating material from its collection or materials provided by instructors for class reserves; provide Library instruction sessions for classes; assist in the compilation or location of bibliographies and reading lists; produce slides for course instruction; reserve films and videos for showing in classes.

    Librarians assist faculty, identify and select resources, and provide research assistance.  Librarians provide orientation tours of the Library and workshops on Library resources for faculty.  Some departments have designated members of the faculty or staff to coordinate for the department such services as reserves, audiovisual reservations, library instruction, or collection development.

    For more about the Library, please visit the Library’s web page at this address: 

    http://www.lib.colum.edu/library.  Members of the Library staff are available to discuss your individual instructional or research needs.  For information call 312/344-7306 or the Library Director’s Office at 312/344-7125.

610.7       DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

    The Development Office is responsible for all fund-raising activities of the College, including the approval, monitoring, and supervision of fund-raising activities undertaken by other individuals and groups.  The solicitation and acknowledgment of all grants/gifts (cash and non-cash) from individuals, associations, foundations, corporations, government agencies (city, state, federal, foreign), and from all other sources must be processed through the Development Office.  To avoid situations detrimental to the College’s welfare, potential funding sources must be cleared with this office prior to solicitation.  Services provided by the Development Office include:  consultation on projects or project ideas that have funding components; feasibility analysis and determination; identification of funding sources; technical assistance with proposal/letter preparations; and submission and technical assistance with events and meetings.

610.8       HUMAN RESOURCES

    Among the many resources allowing Columbia College Chicago to fulfill its stated mission, the contributions of faculty and staff are primary.  Through the development of policies and benefits, equitably applied, Human Resources will facilitate professional growth and well-being while supporting an atmosphere encouraging every employee’s contribution to the excellence of the College.  The services of the Human Resources Department are available to all faculty and staff.

    It is the Purpose of the Human Resources Department to:

• Ensure all employees are treated equitably and that there is no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, creed, sex, religion, handicap, disability, sexual orientation, and national or ethnic origin.
  
• Assist the Administration of Columbia College in recruiting, attracting, and retaining qualified employees.
  
• Provide employees with understanding and assistance in exercising their privileges and obligations under the Columbia College benefit programs.
  
• Develop and administer policies and employee benefits that will enhance the effectiveness of the employees and contribute to the administrative efficiency of the College.
  
• Communicate to all employees, in a timely manner, the issues, events, and policies that impact their relationship to Columbia College.
  
• Ensure compliance with federal, state and local employment laws and regulations.
  

610.9       INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH

    Institutional Research is an information service for the administration, faculty, and staff of the College.  The department compiles and distributes information both about the College and about the external environment in which it operates.  It routinely compiles statistics on student enrollment, demographics, and academic performance along with various other data about the College.  It also conducts regular student opinion surveys and analyses of select academic programs and student services.  Other research projects are undertaken to meet specific needs identifies by the College.

    Institutional Research’s services are available to any member of the College community.  Enrollment and demographic data are distributed college-wide in the Fall and Spring semester.  Other statistical information is available by request, depending upon availability.  Services such as background research, statistical analyses, or surveying are provided as time allows.  The departmental staff is also available to assist faculty and staff with College-related research and maintains a small collection of higher education and census reference materials.  To make a request, or for more information, please call the Director of Institutional Research at ext. 7768.

610.10     MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY

    The Museum of Contemporary Photography of Columbia College Chicago is located on the 1^st floor and mezzanine level of the 624 S. Michgan Campus building.  As a college art museum, it supports our educational mission.  It is primarily a visual resource and study center for the students of the College and the community.  Each year a wide range of exhibitions are presented in recognition of photography’s many roles.  In addition, special exhibitions are prepared to combine photographic essays with other forms of art.  A large permanent collection of contemporary American photography is available for research and class presentations given by museum personnel.  The Chicago Photographers Project, which is available for private viewing, is a collection of loaned work by a large number of area photographers.  Announcement cards for current exhibitions are placed in faculty mailboxes.  The Museum hours are posted by the entrance.

610.11     TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER

        The Teaching and Learning Center is adjacent to the Faculty Lounge on the 11^th floor of the 624 S. Michigan Campus.  It is equipped with study space, the Office of the Director, and appropriate resources for faculty.